15 Minute - One Pan Pasta

15 Minute - One Pan Pasta

Ingredients:

500g penne pasta

1 onion, sliced into semi-circles

2 handfuls of frozen green beans

1 vegetable stock cube or bullion

4 tbsp sundried tomatoes or 8-10 fresh cherry tomatoes, halved

2 tbsp sundried tomato pesto

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Fresh basil (optional)

Parmesan cheese, grated

Olive oil for drizzling

Method:

Place the pasta and onion in a large saucepan and fully cover in boiling water and add the stock cube.  Bring back to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes.  Now add the frozen beans, bring back to the boil and simmer for a further 5 minutes.  When cooked al dente, drain but retain a cup of the stock.  Toss through the pesto and the tomatoes, adding as much stock to loosen the pesto to make a coating sauce.  Toss through a few, fresh basil leaves and put on a large serving plate, sprinkle over the grated cheese and scatter over a few more basil leaves.  Cooked chicken, crisp bacon or cooked prawns can be added.   Delicious served with some cheesy bread.  (grate some cheese over bread of your choice and grill until golden)

AGA Method:

Place the pasta and onion in a large saucepan and fully cover in boiling water and add the stock cube.  Bring back to the boil on the boiling plate then place in the baking oven for 5 minutes (simmering oven 10 minutes).  Now add the frozen beans, bring back to the boil and return to the baking oven for 7 minutes (simmering oven 10-12). 

You might like to roast the tomatoes with a drizzle of olive oil, salt, pepper and a little garlic in the Roasting Oven while the pasta is cooking.   Complete as above.